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<span class=large>THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES</span>
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CHAPTER 27
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Paul, in a perilous voyage, travels toward Rome—An angel comforts him—He uses the gift of seership—He is shipwrecked.
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And</span> when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto <i>one</i> named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.
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And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; <i>one</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="acts/27/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 19: 29; Acts 20: 4; Col. 4: 10.">Aristarchus</a>, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
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And the next <i>day</i> we touched at Sidon.  And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave <i>him</i> liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
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And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
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And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, <i>a city</i> of Lycia.
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And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
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And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;
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And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city <i>of</i> Lasea.
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Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the <sup>a</sup><a href="acts/27/9a" mark="a" type="C" title="Lev. 23: 27 (27, 29); TG Fasting.">fast</a> was now already past, Paul admonished <i>them,</i>
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And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
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Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the <sup>a</sup><a href="acts/27/11a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR ship master, captain.">owner</a> of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
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And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, <i>and there</i> to winter; <i>which is</i> an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
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And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained <i>their</i> purpose, loosing <i>thence,</i> they sailed close by Crete.
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But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
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And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let <i>her</i> drive.
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And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
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Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
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And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next <i>day</i> they lightened the ship;
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And the third <i>day</i> we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
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And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on <i>us,</i> all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
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But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
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And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of <i>any man’s</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="acts/27/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 27: 44.">life</a> among you, but of the ship.
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For there stood by me this night the <sup>a</sup><a href="acts/27/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Angels; TG Visions.">angel</a> of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
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Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
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Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
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Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
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But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in <sup>a</sup><a href="acts/27/27a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE the Adriatic Sea.">Adria</a>, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
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And sounded, and found <i>it</i> twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found <i>it</i> fifteen fathoms.
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Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
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And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
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Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
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Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
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And while the day was coming on, Paul besought <i>them</i> all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued <sup>a</sup><a href="acts/27/33a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Fasting.">fasting</a>, having taken nothing.
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Wherefore I pray you to take <i>some</i> meat: for this is for your <sup>a</sup><a href="acts/27/34a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Health.">health</a>: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
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And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken <i>it,</i> he began to eat.
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Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took <i>some</i> meat.
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And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
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And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
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And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain <sup>a</sup><a href="acts/27/39a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR bay.">creek</a> with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
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And when they had <sup>a</sup><a href="acts/27/40a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR cut off anchors (they left them in the sea).">taken</a> up the anchors, they committed <i>themselves</i> unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
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And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
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And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
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But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from <i>their</i> purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast <i>themselves</i> first <i>into the sea,</i> and get to land:
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And the rest, some on boards, and some on <i>broken pieces</i> of the ship.  And so it came to pass, that they escaped all <sup>a</sup><a href="acts/27/44a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 27: 22.">safe</a> to land.
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